New Delhi, May 8 – 11.23 am: BSP chief Mayawati, in a press conference, targetted both the BJP and the SP over the showdown in Varanasi. “The SP government could have avoided this situation.
It looks like there a conspiracy between the SP and the BJP. Modi and company, which includes Amit Shah, are experts in creating new controversies and making wrong seem right and right seem wrong.”
10:45 am: BJP workers protest in Varanasi over no permission for Modi’s rally. 10.30 am: As the BJP readied for Modi roadshow in Varanasi, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, contesting from the seat along with the BJP’s Pm candidate, targeted him in a series of tweets:
“I invite Mr Modi for an open discussion on a public platform. Let Kashi people ask straight questions from both of us. Time place his choiceModi ji given permission of Ganga arti. Yet rather than performing arti, he is trying to draw political mileage. Sad.
BJP top brass landed in Kashi. Shows their nervousness. Will they be able to save Modi ji from defeat? Here is EC’s Permission to Modi ji for Ganga Arti. Then why doesn’t he just go and perform arti? Why politicise it?
Agar apko kewal arti aur pujan karna ho to EC ki permission nahi chahiye hoti. U need EC permission for political activities… I went alone one day and performed arti. No one stopped me. I will again go with my wife today and do arti. Neeyat saaf honi chahiye.”
-INDIA TODAY
